We have THE BREACH!!
...also couldn't resist...

Isn't that an Elvis song??

What ever happened to the idea of replacing dolphin with a frickin' shark and adding a frickin' laser beam to it?!?

"...For the system to function, it has to place trust in a group of people at some point..." Respectfully, of course I couldn't disagree more. :-) The existence of checks and balances alone precludes the assumption of such trust. If it the police are assumed trustworthy, why would rights such as Miranda, etc be so carefully spelled out? The very existence of these rights is evidence that citizens are allowed and expected to distrust the cops because the laws themselves spell out a certain measure of distrust. "...the public's trust in the institution is vital to its continued functioning." In fact, I would argue the opposite -- the system is designed such that it functions best when actively DIS-trusted by the people. Democracy by its very nature facilitates distrust of those in charge by allowing for their easy removal from office by the people and once again spelling out specific ways in which those in office should be scrutinized.

Think he'll make a stop in Funkytown?